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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-reviews-of-sentencing-rules-1989/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/19",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Appeal (Reviews of Sentencing) Rules 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-reviews-of-sentencing-rules-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules–\n“the Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 1988;\n“application” means an application by the Attorney General to the Court for leave to make a reference;\n“the Court” means the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal;\n“reference” means a reference under section 36 of the Act by the Attorney General of a case to the Court for them to review the sentencing of a person (in these Rules called “the offender”) in a proceeding in the Crown Court;\n“the registrar” means the registrar of criminal appeals.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/19/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:51:32.833749+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}